Stability of Unduloidal and Nodoidal Menisci between Two Solid Spheres
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We find the existence conditions of unduloidal and nodoidal menisci between two solid spheres and study their stability in the framework of nonspectral theory of stability of axisymmetric menisci between two axisymmetric solid bodies in the absence of gravity.
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